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The First Humans - Origin and Early Evolution of the Genus Homo (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009)
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The First Humans - Origin and Early Evolution of the Genus Homo (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009)
Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology
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There are some issues in human paleontology that seem to be
timeless. Most deal with the origin and early evolution of our own
genus - something about which we should care. Some of these issues
pertain to taxonomy and systematics. How many species of Homo were
there in the Pliocene and Pleistocene? How do we identify the
earliest members the genus Homo? If there is more than one
Plio-Pleistocene species, how do they relate to one another, and
where and when did they evolve? Other issues relate to questions
about body size, proportions and the functional adaptations of the
locomotor skeleton. When did the human postcranial "Bauplan"
evolve, and for what reasons? What behaviors (and what behavioral
limitations) can be inferred from the postcranial bones that have
been attributed to Homo habilis and Homo erectus? Still other
issues relate to growth, development and life history strategies,
and the biological and archeological evidence for diet and behavior
in early Homo. It is often argued that dietary change played an
important role in the origin and early evolution of our genus, with
stone tools opening up scavenging and hunting opportunities that
would have added meat protein to the diet of Homo. Still other
issues relate to the environmental and climatic context in which
this genus evolved.
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